Additional Ideas for Using Ringtones

After you create a ringtone on your computer, you'll have to sync your iPhone to your computer to transfer it (see Project 12). You can then assign a ringtone to a contact (see Project 14).

While most people use song fragments for their ringtones, you can use any audio recording as a ringtone, so get a copy of various sound effects and let your imagination go wild. Grab a sound effect of a man snoring, and use that as a ringtone to identify your boss. (Don't worry. If your boss is within earshot, he'll never be calling you,so he will never hear the snoring ringtone.)

Rather than use sound effects, you can also use parts of recorded speeches as ringtones. Assign part of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" ...

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